The House of the Seven Gables
Nathaniel Hawthorne’s 1851 novel is a classic New England Gothic romance, exploring inherited guilt, retribution, and atonement. The story centers around the aristocratic Pyncheon family in Salem, and a dark mansion built by Colonel Pyncheon on land stolen from an accused wizard Matthew Maule. It carries a generational curse: “God will give him blood to […]
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Classic Set in - 1800s